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Humpback Scallop

Talochlamys pusio

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 66, February 49, March 76, April 120, May 173, June 189, July 202, August 174, September 128, October 95, November 52, December 41.
United States1,365
Alaska1,365
Spain26
Galicia20
United Kingdom15
England7
Portugal6
Scotland4
Principado de Asturias3
Ireland3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.From its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassBivalves · Bivalvia
OrderScallops and Allies · Pectinida
FamilyScallops · Pectinidae
GenusTalochlamys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Humpback Scallop with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.